A mother has defended her choice to take baths with her 10 and 11-year-old sons, saying it’s ‘really natural’.

Lauren Libbert appeared on ITV’s This Morning opposite hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, where she described how she takes baths with her sons at least once a week.

Speaking on the show about her lifestyle, Lauren said: ‘‘If they’re happy with it, then we’ll have a bath together maybe once a week. This isn’t a big issue in our house at all, it’s something we’ve been doing for years.

Lauren spoke to Holly and Phil about her baths (Picture: ITV)

‘It’s something which is really enjoyable. I’ve got a very tiny bathroom but we’ll all scooch together sometimes, the three of us. Sometimes we’ll just read a magazine, or sometimes we’ll just chat. We can be in there for 20 minutes or so. And we have no issues with that at all.

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‘We’ve been doing it for a long time, my boys are very comfortable with me being naked, with them being naked. It’s something we do in the house which is very normal.’

Asked if she was surprised by the outraged reaction,’ Lauren replied: ‘I think it’s really natural. What can be more natural than wandering around, in the privacy of your own home obviously, and being naked? Being what we were born with?

‘This is nothing to be ashamed of. This is just us being very natural, very happy. In fact a lot of the time we’re not even talking about it.’

She added: ‘I can’t see any reason why this would be wrong. What is shameful about our own bodies? Why should we be hiding it from each other?’

One person of critical of her decision was show guest Ben Edwards, who claimed it could affect their sexual development moving forward.

Ben believed it could affect her sons sexual development (Picture: ITV)

Speaking on the show, Ben said: ‘Being naked so openly, it isn’t about body-shaming or being unnatural, it’s more about the confusion which could then lead on from that.’

Lauren however was adamant it was natural, saying how she’ll happily stop if her sons are ever uncomfortable with the situation.

‘If suddenly my eldest doesn’t want to be naked around me, or doesn’t like seeing me naked, then I will take his lead,’ Lauren said.

‘It’s up to him. But at the moment, we’re all very happy and very comfortable. I grew up in this environment, and I was doing this past puberty, and I think it’s made me very comfortable in my own skin.’